Lee Horstman, left, of Parkston, and Matt Schneider, of Mitchell, remove a door frame from the employee lounge Wednesday afternoon inside the Mitchell Public Library. Construction inside the building started Monday and is expected to be completed in September, according to Sandy Spanos, assistant librarian. The library construction project, budgeted at $2.3 million, will expand the community room, doubling it in size, add space to the main part of the library on the east side of the building and expand the work room on the west side of the library, with a 38-foot by 45-foot addition. That will have a full basement beneath it, unlike the 16-foot east side expansion. (Sean Ryan/Republic)